Off Topic: Three Funny Shorts from "On The Lot"

In case I don't have time to post later, here is a short post to give you something techewan (remember that joke Dragon Slayer?) for today.

There is a TV show on Fox called "On The Lot"

The show is basically an American Idol for directors of movies. Right now there are 15 directors left on the show. They have time limits (anywhere from 1 to 24 hours so far) to produce short films that are critiqued by real directors (judges) and voted on by the public. I don't watch the show, but I do watch the shorts that they put out. Here are three funny ones from this past episode I thought were funny.

Dance Man
by Adam Stein <- This guy is my favorite director on the show

Replication Theory
by Sam Friedlander <- This on was funny, but lacked a good ending

Spaced Out
by Andrew Hunt <- I just laughed at this one... no substance... no story... just funny

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Review of yesterday's post

Dragon Slayer was kind enough to remind me that I didn't write my opinionated review of yesterday's Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix trailer. So here is what I have to say about it:

I am glad that there is a large emphasis on action in this film. The other films have lacked great action scenes. The cinematography looks to be very Batmanish... it looks to be very dark in most scenes as the setting is growing more scary as Lord Voldemort is on the rise. The movie begins to lose its childish tint that it had in the first 4 movies. Harry and the others are not kids anymore, but decide to rise up and establish Dumbledore's Army. Harry Potter is getting older and seems that by the time the last movie is set to come out (2010) he should be well past the age of wizarding school.

Mostly unknown David Yates comes on board for the next 2 movies as the 4th director of the Harry Potter movies. It looks like he does a pretty good job with the acting and the sets from what I can tell so far. I am excited to see. The soundtrack should be good as well, but is also a stray away from the usual John Williams and Patrick Doyle, bringing in the unheard of Nicholas Hooper who has worked with Yates in the past. The soundtrack has done a great job of getting me excited for the upcoming movie. I love the clarity of the high definition trailers, so be sure to check those out with the link provided at the bottom (of the previous post).

BMTR Ranking:
9.5/10

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Today's trailer is for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This is one of my most awaited movies or this summer as I am a Harry Potter nerd. I have been getting back up to date by reading all the books again and going back and watching the movies so I can be ready for the fifth movie (Release: 7/11/2007) and the final book (Release: 7/21/2007).

Watch the trailer below:

Here is a brief summary of what will go down:

Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his fifth year. He quickly learns that the Ministry of Magic and the wizarding community believe that Harry's story of his encounter with Lord Voldemort at the end of his previous year is a lie. More problems arise with the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Umbridge, who was appointed by Ministry of Magic officials to teach a "misistry approved" curriculum. With Voldemort on the rise and his Death Eaters (Voldemort's followers) lurking around corners, Harry and others take matters into their own hands and put together "Dumbledor's Army," a magical defense class taught by Harry. The Order of the Phoenix, a secret society set out to defeat Voldemort and his followers, is also introduced and grows into plenty of new adventures for Harry and his friends.

Links:
Harry Potter OOTP Unofficial Site
IMDB for Order of the Phoenix
More Apple Trailers
Harry Potter Official Site
Buy the Book

Back again... with a new theme.

I suspect that Ryan will be the only person to read this post... at least for a little while. I am going to see what kind of audience I can collect by focusing all of my efforts on reviewing and posting on new and upcoming movie previews.

As you will notice. I had 2 measly posts in 2006 while I was still a student. One was about a short film (Lots of Robots) which still hasn't been continued since my original post. The other was on Nacho Libre's preview when it was first released.

All in all, I believe that focusing on movie previews and getting my readers excited about upcoming movies will be an easier task than posting on entire movies. Since I don't have time to watch a movie a day, a movie review of the day is an impossible task. I can post on one movie preview a day much easier and it is more of an enjoyable task for me anyways at this point of my life.

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